World can't wait, when Ducati will present its brand new sportbike 1199 Panigale. And while to warm up - the Italians pulled out of a hat "younger" 848-cubic version uncompromising Streetfighter 1098.
Ducati Streetfighter 848: Streetfighter, 2012, 849 cm³, 132 l. , 169 kg, 12,400 euros (Italy). Although Ducati Streetfighter 1098 earned the title of "The Most Beautiful Motorcycle" among visitors of EICMA-2008 in the year of its debut, he lost to his main rival-Triumph Speed Triple in the market. The price is, of course, 15,290 euros (here and further-prices in Italy), compared to 12,190 for the British unit. But the dynamic has played its part-with us in the rare case that we had to complain about her ... surplus. You don't miss that bike, and you're not going to relax for a second. It requires a full driver's attention-and not only during high-speed driving, but also on braking: the front wheel is very easy to block. It's too uncompromising for a long and happy life together. Therefore, the company and the "junior" version-Streetfighter 848-asked for it as a more modest Euro12, 400. However, this version of the silhouk is not hurt: 132 lc. 169 pounds of dry weight is enough to put the sluts in the city stream. Similarly, the 848 EVO sports car (which shared with the new engine) sometimes bypasses not only a four-cylinder superbike, but even "brotherly" 1098-if the track is quite complex. For example, the Streetfighter's Streeter presentation was held here 40 kilometres north of the Ducati factory. The creators of the course have managed to cram 11 corners of the road. Plus, it's fresh, which means it's pretty slippery. THE BOLOGNA COCKTAIL. In designing the minor version of the stritzer, the designers under Giuseppe Karpara have created a technical cocktail of different models of Ducati, preserving the minimalist aggressive style developed by the company's designer Damien Bass. The valve overlay phase is the time at which the inlet and outlet valves are reduced from 37º to 11º, the same as the previous year on the Multistrada engine. This allowed the torque to be raised in a wide range of speeds, reduced fuel consumption and waste gas toxicity. At the same time, the maximum power was not affected by a strong engine developing 132 l. 140 l. c. from 848EVO. Interservice intervals have doubled to 24,000 kilometers. A six-speed gearbox is like the Streetfighter 1098. The cordon working in the oil bath with the hydraulic drive. The steering geometry is much sharper than that of the older brother-angle of the steering column 24.5º and departure 103 mm against 25.6º and 114 mm in 1098. But the aluminum pendulum with the console wheel fastening is extended by 35 mm, so the base of 1480 mm ensures good stability of the motorcycle. When you're in a pretty high-840-saddle, you can see how radical the pilot's flight is. It looks like your chin is right over the front of the front wheel! The engineers managed to make the 16.5-litre gas tank very short. At the same time, the aluminium rudder from a single tube of a variable section is 20 mm higher than the older version, its handles are pulled back and the feet are tangied forward, so that in general the landing is close to vertical and reasonably comfortable. I went not only on the track, but also on the winding roads of the factory test company Dario Neri. I must say that even at high speed, the control of the machine is easy and intuitive, not as it is in his elder brother, where you should be extremely collected all the time. On the Streetfighter 848, everything on autopilot turned on the third gear and thru the corners, turning the car over on the overkill. At the same time, there is no shortage of speakers and the radical steering geometry of the motorcycle is not at the expense of its sustainability. Manoeuvrability is extremely accurate, and the rear tire of Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corso is 180/60. It would seem to be 5% higher than the common 180/55 wall-height, but the rounded profile of such radical geometry provides very fast and precise manageability, and when Dario and I flew to the roughness of the road, the tyre treated them milder. In addition, the increased wall height leads to the fact that the front wheel has a large mass-its distribution in the static direction 51/49%. The new tyre is designed specifically for Streetfighter 848, and Ducati has a year of exclusive use, but in a year, I think, and other midwister relatives will appreciate its merits. The Streetfighter's 848 brakes are less powerful than the 110-box version, and are actually unified with Monster 1100EVO. It is necessary to say that the superbike mounts and the huge 330-millimeter 1098 Streetfigure 1098 discs are simply lethal-I remember that I blocked the front wheel twice at the driving presentation of the motorcycle. But the brakes 848 are fully adequate to the machine, sufficiently sharp and with excellent feedback. You can also slow down the engine without fearing the rear wheel-clutter of the rear wheel, but there is no need, just as in the damper of the steering control. At the "Modena" road, after a long straight line, a steep turn to pass in the second gear. Since the road is fresh and very slippery, there is nothing to block the front wheel on braking. How to handle this, everyone who chased the Ducati in the era to the slip-clutch: pull the engine off the engine, reshaping it by respassing the gears-the benefit of a desmodal circuit is without special risk. When the rear wheel is 10 000 rpm, the rear wheel is not "crushed" even under a fully closed throttle. By the way, the Ducati Monster 1100EVO in the clutch is standing. I wonder why it's there-and why isn't it on Streetfighter 848?An electronic control valve with electronic control designed to add thrust at small and medium speeds has been built into the motorcycle exhaust system. But at the same time, the engine is clearly set for good returns at high speed. Well, it's a stritter, not a desmo mackerel! At low speed, the engine simply sleeps, starting to wake up by 3500 rpm, and you will only wait until 5000 rpm. But from here to 11,600 rpm, when the delimiter is activated (by the way, this is 300 /min higher than the 848EVO sports bike), you enjoy linear gain of power and a magnificent soundry of two silencers. The only thing I think is a serious lack of Streetfight 848 in the selection of gear ratios for the main gear. However, this is almost all modern Ducati. If you take into account the fact that the engine is below 5000 rpm, the sixth gear can only be used in Germany-for 5,000 rpm the motorcycle is already running at a speed of 135 miles per hour, which is higher than the speed limit in most countries. I suspect that this choice of stars has been made so that we can confidently pass the noise tests. I'd add three scarred back stars to get a full pole!A new Ducati medium has enough speakers to be called a stritfighter, but this power is fully controlled. The high steering wheel helps you to steer the bike into sharp turns, and the tated controllability allows you to withstand a given trajectory on any surface and at any speed. Pirelli's tyres with soft sidewalls are confidently held in slopes. Here are the legs quite low-during the first race on the track, when I gave the full gas at the exit of the steep turn on the third gear, the rear shock shock absorber was compressed and I began to cling to the motorbike over the asphalt. It was no big deal: an increase in the pretension of springs by 2 mm, a few clicks reduced the hydraulics of the hydraulics-and the problem is solved. This Streetfighter is also happy with the configuration as well as the 848EVO sports bike that it is based on. A fully adjustable Sachs suspension monorozer. The brakes are not as powerful as the Streetfighter 1098, but it's only for good. The exhaust system with stainless steel silencers with individual lambda tubes for each cylinder. The official designation of the engine is 848 Testastetta 11 °. Carter lid is made of magnesium alloy. In the oil bath, the clutch of 1 kg is lighter than the dry type. Reduced to 11 ° of the valve provides improved traction and reduced fuel consumption. The rouble is 20 mm higher than the "older brother", forming a convenient, close to a vertical landing. Electronic dashboard-without arrows. The 180 /60ZR17 rear tire, developed by Pirelli, gives a large patch of contact, which has a positive effect on controllability. The engine wakes up by 5,000 rpm, so the sixth gear can only be used in Germany-the speed of the bike is already at a speed of 135 km/h. The steering geometry is sharper than the Streetfighter 1098, but the stretched base provides the necessary stability. SUMMARY. The new Ducati Streetfigure 848 is the minimalist motorcycle of the middle ground with Italian design. Compared to the Streetfigure 1098, it is much more friendly and better suited for everyday use. At the same time, he won't disappoint you even on the race track. In general, after a good course of training ... TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS Ducati Streetfigter 848 (producer) GENERAL DATA 2010 2Dry mass, kg169Baza, mm1480Height to saddle, mm840Yets, mm103angle of the steering column, hail. 224,5Volume of petrol tank, chloropV2, 4TGRMDOHC, 4 valves per cylinder capacity, cm³ /849Diameter x stroke, stroke, mm94x61,2Extent. power, l. at /min132/10 000Max. torque, Nm at /9.5/9500System of the fuel injection system. mm127Brake system hydraulic, linen Ø 320 mm, 4-piston radial radial snormal brake Ø 245 mm, 2-piston caliper Coleshalite, aluminum. Copper chin120/70ZR17Rear width 180/60ZR17